"Science is our century's art."

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Source : "The Art of Discovery" by Horace Freeland Judson in "The World Treasury of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics" edited by Timothy Ferris and Clifton Fadiman (p. 784), 1991.

Horace Freeland Judson

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“The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spiritâ€”for gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and love. In the endless war against weakness and despair, these are the bright rally flags of hope and of emulation. I hold that a writer who does not believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.”
“We need to develop people rather than process them.”

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“I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if they don't teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that you have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.”
“I had an opportunity to make an album - that was a dream come true. I had to make sure that I could do it the best way I could, and at least at the end of it be very pleased with it and not regret anything. So that took a lot of concentration. Being isolated really helps with that.”

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“I think there is a certain charm to the hand drawn image that I like. My problem with CGI is that it's so rich in texture that my eyes actually get tired. Everything is in focus down to the littlest leaf.”
“When I was six, all I dreamt about was becoming a diver on Jacques Cousteau's boat, the famous Calypso.”
“Poetry is an extra hand. It can caress or tickle. It can clench and fight.”

Source : 1972 'Poetry Lives', in the Sunday Times,13 Feb.
“There was a rhythm to the canter. Up, forward, down; up, forward, down. It soon became pleasant. The broad warm rump felt good beneath her. The pounding was diminished, cushioned by the horse's muscles and the springiness of his hindquarter joints . . . The ridden horse was a marvel, diminishing space.”

Source : Morgan Llywelyn (2010). “The Horse Goddess”, p.198, Macmillan

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